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Sunday, October 27, 2013

A special “interview” with Kasumi’s father

Every week I write a piece that takes the reader back into
the past of my main character, Kasumi Yoshida. Here is the past Thursday, a
special “interview” with Kasumi’s father.

Throwback Thursday: Haruo Yoshida

MC: Hello everyone! Only three more days until the release
of Push
for Power, the second book of the Mark of the Yakuza series. Today our
guest is here to help us look back into Kas’ past. Our guest tonight is Haruo
Yoshida, Kasumi’s father. Hello Haruo.

Haruo: Hi.

MC: We’re here today to talk a little about Kas’ past. What
was Kasumi like as a child?

Haruo: (Smiles.) She was beautiful, healthy and bright. She
loved to dance with her mother out by the coy pond. (Pauses.) She’s still
beautiful now, but she’s changed.

MC: You both have changed.

Haruo: Yeah.

MC: What’s your best memory from when you and Kas lived in
Tokyo?

Haruo: Haha. I remember one night I came home late
from…work. Kasumi and her mother had been cooking all day. She couldn’t have
been more than eight.

MC: What happened?

Haruo: I was late and they had been baking. My wife had
taken Kasumi upstairs for a bath. The food burned, and I held Kasumi until she
fell asleep because she cried and cried.

MC: And this is your favorite memory?

Haruo: Well, yes. I put her to bed and I finished up some
work, so I was up really late. I woke up a couple hours before dawn. I thought
someone had broken in. I grabbed my–my gun and went downstairs. She was in the
kitchen in her nightgown covered in flour baking for me. We stayed up the rest
of the night cooking and ate desserts for breakfast.

MC: There you have it ladies and gentlemen. A lok into the
past, the childhood, of Kasumi Yoshida. Learn more by purchasing your copy
of Hunting
Heartbreak, and remember to pre-order Push
for Power which will be released October 20th!

In the second book of the Mark of the Yakuza, Kasumi Yoshida
is fresh from the fight and training for the opportunity at revenge. The
appearance of an Oyabun from Tokyo scatters small sense of normality Kas had
gained.With Oyabun Shinto in Las Vegas, Kas and Akira have no
choice but to play nice with Jiro since Shinto insists the two lines forget
their differences and work together to strengthen the Yakuza. He offers a new
position of power to combine the lines. Everyone turns to the problems Shinto’s
ideas create, but Kas can’t push aside her intuition that Jiro is involved in
something more sinister.

Kas reaches out for someone to understand but even her
friend Hak refuses to turn from the problems with Shinto. Ryan is the only
worker that makes Shinto happy, but Kas knows he plays both sides. Akira trusts
Ryan, but Kas cannot decide if he is worth her trust, or her heart.

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